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“If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.”
Source : John Patrick Shanley (2008). “Doubt (movie tie-in edition)”, p.30, Theatre Communications Group
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“Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.”
Source : "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012. 
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“Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.”
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“I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.”
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“It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.”
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“It is not for us to judge those who might be confused or who have not the strength to change. What they need is our understanding and support.”
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“Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love so tender, with sympathy so exquisite, with power so illimitable, with resources so boundless, with a nature so changeless, stands before us and says to each trembling heart, 'Fear not!'”
Source : Octavius Winslow (1860). “Divine Realities; or, spiritual reflections for the saint and sinner”, p.19
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“A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.”
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“There are many self-help books by Ph.D.s, but I hold a different degree: an I.B.T.I.A.-I've Been Through It All. This degree comes not on parchment but gauze, and it entitles me to tell you that there is a way to get through any misfortune.”
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“My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.”
